At approximately 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, officers with the Columbia Police Department attempted to stop a black sedan on North Oakland Gravel Road east of Alfalfa Drive in Columbia, MO.

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man who led police in a pursuit that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of methamphetamine pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy.

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a series of embezzlement schemes totaling more than $1.5 million.

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Branson, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for trading methamphetamine in exchange for stolen firearms.